Word
Ustedes miran las flores y los árboles.
Meaning
You look at the flowers and the trees.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ustedes miran las flores y los árboles.
y
and
ustedes
you (plural)
los
the (masculine plural)
el árbol
the tree
Questions & Answers about Ustedes miran las flores y los árboles.
Why is it las flores but los árboles?
Both use a plural word for "the", but the article must match the gender of the noun. Flor (flower) is feminine, so it takes the feminine plural las. Árbol (tree) is masculine, so it takes the masculine plural los. In Spanish, articles always change to match both the gender and the number of the noun they belong to.
Since flores doesn't end in "-a", how do I know it's feminine and needs las?
The singular form is la flor. Words that end in consonants like "-r" don't follow the simple "-o is masculine, -a is feminine" rule. La flor is simply a feminine word you have to memorize! When it becomes plural, it keeps its feminine gender, becoming las flores.
Where is the word for "at" in this sentence?
Why does árboles have an accent mark?